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Help with Statistics and Error Analysis in the Lab

Dr. Faith Morrison, Michigan Tech

Prof. Faith A. Morrison
Department of Chemical Engineering
Michigan Technological University


Dr. Morrison's book:  Uncertainty Analysis for Engineers and Scientists:  A Practical Guide
Cambridge University Press, 2021.
Also available on Amazon.com.



Prof. Morrison's Statistics/Error analysis lectures from CM3215 (pdf)


1.  Lecture: Random Error and Replicates   20Jan2016
2.  Reading Error   20Jan2016
3.  Calibration Error   25Jan2016
4.  Error Propagation   1Feb2016
5.  Least Squares Curve Fitting  and LINEST  26Jan2016
6.  Sensing Limit 26Jan2016


Professor Morrison's Error Analysis Worksheets

Handy Materials for Error Analysis


Data Rejection


Short version:  don't do it.  In case you want to ignore this advice, search for
  • Chauvenet's criteria (for normally distributed data)
  • Rejection Quotient (Q-test)

Khan Academy
Misc


Books by Faith Morrison:

Understanding Rheology, Oxford University Press, 2000
An Introduction to Fluid Mechanics, Cambridge University Press, 2013
Uncertainty Analysis for Engineers & Scientists:  A Practical Guide, Cambridge University Press, 2021

Course pages by Faith Morrison:

CM3110 Fuid Mechanics and Steady Heat Transfer
CM3120 Unsteady Heat Transfer and Mass Transfer
CM3215 Junior Laboratory
CM4650 Polymer Rheology


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